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EZ Cephei

EZ Cephei Facts

EZ Cephei is a pulsating variable star that can be located in the constellation of Cepheus. The description is based on the spectral class.

EZ Cephei is not part of the constellation outline but is within the borders of the constellation.

The star can not be seen by the naked eye, you need a telescope to see it.

The star is calculated at being about 1000.50 light years away from us. Distance

EZ Cephei's Alternative Names

HIP18548 is the reference name for the star in the Hipparcos Star Catalogue.

EZ Cephei has alternative name(s) :- EZ Cep, EZ Cep.

More details on objects' alternative names can be found at Star Names .

Location of EZ Cephei

The location of the variable star in the night sky is determined by the Right Ascension (R.A.) and Declination (Dec.), these are equivalent to the Longitude and Latitude on the Earth. The Right Ascension is how far expressed in time (hh:mm:ss) the star is along the celestial equator. If the R.A. is positive then its eastwards. The Declination is how far north or south the object is compared to the celestial equator and is expressed in degrees. For EZ Cephei, the location is 03h 58m 05.48 and +81° 14` 22.8 .

Source of Information

The source of the information if it has a Hip I.D. is from Simbad, the Hipparcos data library based at the University at Strasbourg, France. Hipparcos was a E.S.A. satellite operation launched in 1989 for four years. The items in red are values that I've calculated so they could well be wrong. Information regarding Metallicity and/or Mass is from the E.U. Exoplanets. The information was obtained as of 12th Feb 2017.

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